Horn Lake parents accused of killing 11-year-old

Capital murder case involves felonious child abuse, neglect

11:04 PM,
Feb. 14, 2014

Amanda (left) and Tommy (Jack) Raines

Written by

Therese Apel
tapel@gannett.com

A Horn Lake couple is behind bars on charges of capital murder in the death of an 11-year-old child.

Tyler Raines' cause of death has not yet been released, but Horn Lake Lt. Scott Evans said the charges against the father, Tommy "Jack" Raines, 37, and the stepmother, Amanda Raines, 33, speak for themselves.

"When you get charged with capital murder, you're in the commission of a crime, and it causes death," Evans said. "The underlying cause in this case is felonious child abuse and neglect." ...